▲ AMC Medical Volunteers taking a commemorative photo in Oudomxay province, Laos
AMC Medical Volunteers visited Oudomxay province in Laos from February 18 to 25 and provided medical services. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the overseas medical volunteer program to help people in medically underserved areas has been discontinued since the last visit to Cambodia in January 2020 and resumed after more than three years.
Out of a total of 62 people who participated in this medical volunteer trip to Laos, 36 were employees from AMC including Professor Sung Sunwoo of the Department of Family Medicine as the team leader, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and administrative staff and the remaining were family members. Oudomxay province in Laos is an area with a poor healthcare environment and health insurance system where appropriate and timely medical treatment is not available to many residents. Therefore, this visit was arranged to provide medical benefits to the patients there.
AMC Medical Volunteers, composed of specialists in their respective fields, provided medical treatment for a total of 1,980 patients during the three days. Medical services were provided for various conditions involving Gastroenterology, Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Otolaryngology, etc. Surgeries and procedures were performed, including 18 surgical operations, 20 cataract surgeries, and 27 ophthalmic procedures. 14 endoscopies, 241 ultrasounds, and 50 electrocardiograms.